Investigating Biology

With its distinctive investigative approach to learning, this best-selling laboratory manual encourages you to participate in the process of science and develop creative and critical reasoning skills. You are invited to pose hypotheses, make predictions, conduct open-ended experiments, collect data, and apply the results to new problems. The Seventh Edition emphasizes connections to recurring themes in biology, including structure and function, unity and diversity, and the overarching theme of evolution. Select tables from the lab manual are provided in Excel® format in MasteringBiology® at www.masteringbiology.com, allowing you to record data directly on their computer, process data using statistical tests, create graphs, and be prepared to communicate your results in class discussions or reports.

Investigating Biological Systems Using Modeling describes how to apply software to analyze and interpret data from biological systems. It is written for students and investigators in lay person's terms, and will be a useful reference book and textbook on mathematical modeling in the design and interpretation of kinetic studies of biological systems. It describes the mathematical techniques of modeling and kinetic theory, and focuses on practical examples of analyzing data. The book also uses examples from the fields of physiology, biochemistry, nutrition, agriculture, pharmacology, and medicine. Contains practical descriptions of how to analyze kinetic data Provides examples of how to develop and use models Describes several software packages including SAAM/CONSAM Includes software with working models

With its distinctive investigative approach to learning, this best-selling laboratory manual encourages readers to participate in the process of science and develop creative and critical reasoning skills. Readers are invited to pose hypotheses, make predictions, conduct open-ended experiments, collect data, and apply the results to new problems. The Sixth Edition includes a new bioinformatics lab and new media references for students to explore relevant animations and exercises on the Campbell/Reece BIOLOGY book website. Scientific Investigation, Microscopes and Cells, Diffusion and Osmosis, Enzymes, Cellular Respiration and Fermentation, Photosynthesis, Mitosis and Meiosis, Mendelian Genetics I: Fast Plants, Mendelian Genetics II: Drosophila, Molecular Biology, Population Genetics I: The Hardy-Weinberg Theorem, Population Genetics II: Determining Genetic Variation, Bacteriology, Protists and Fungi, Plant Diversity I: Nonvascular Plants (Bryophytes) and Seedless Vascular Plants, Plant Diversity II: Seed Plants, Bioinformatics, Animal Diversity I: Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Annelida, Mollusca, Animal Diversity II: Nematoda, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, Chordata, Plant Anatomy, Plant Growth, Vertebrate Anatomy I: The Skin and Digestive System, Vertebrate Anatomy II: The Circulatory and Respiratory Systems, Vertebrate Anatomy III: The Excretory, Reproductive, and Nervous Systems, Animal Development, Animal Behavior, Ecology I: Terrestrial Ecology, Ecology II: Computer Simulations of a Pond Ecosystem. For all readers interested in general biology.

This book provides an introduction to the work of the scientists who were attempting literally to create life from scratch, starting with molecular components that they hope to assemble into the world's first synthetic living cell. The book also examines how scientists have unlocked the "three secrets of life," describes the key role played by ATP ("the ultimate driving force of all life"), and outlines the many attempts to explain how life first arose on earth, a puzzle that has given birth to a wide range of theories.

As synthetic biology transforms living matter into a medium for making, what is the role of design and its associated values?

For General Biology Laboratory (Majors). Encourage students to participate in the process of science With its distinctive investigative approach to learning, Investigating Biology Laboratory Manual engages students with full-color art and photos throughout. The lab manual encourages students to participate in the process of science and develop creative and critical-reasoning skills.